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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing whale watching guidelines in the boating safety education program."
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description: "Providing whale watching guidelines in the boating safety education program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "SB 5918"
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citation: "Washington SB 5918 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["WILDLIFE", "BOATS AND BOATING"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lovelett"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ace1903f-7f1f-4e80-b58c-a4ebafc756ee"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5918&year=2019"
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source_hash: "0cd01f715bd87219454eb4cc8f97ac3ba3bf02c0201ddea71393290b4dbab9db"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5918 (2019-2020) — Providing whale watching guidelines in the boating safety education program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5918.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **90–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lovelett — primary (person)
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- Billig — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
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- Das — cosponsor (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall — cosponsor (person)
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- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
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- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
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- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-21** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
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- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-02** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-04-02** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2019-04-12** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
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- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-08** Chapter 293, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
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- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
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- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
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- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
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- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 08:00 AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ace1903f-7f1f-4e80-b58c-a4ebafc756ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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